Numerical simulations of marine hydrothermal plumes for Europa and other icy worlds

Icarus

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 970-983

  Goodman, Jason C ^a   Lenferink, Erik ^a,b  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Europa; Satellites, Dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868653789     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.08.027     Document Type: Article

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